Muromachi
Okayama · 室町Browse Okayama’s cultural heritage from the Muromachi period (1336 – 1573). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
Honrenji Temple Main Hall at Ushimado, Setouchi City, was rebuilt in 1492 and carries no bracket complexes. Its frame, its Korean envoy history, and how to visit it.
The main hall of Yokeiji in Setouchi, Okayama, built in 1570, is a sturdy five-bay Tendai hall with an altar and shrine of the same age, a late Muromachi survival.
The main hall of Yoshikawa Hachiman Shrine in Kibichuo, Okayama, built in 1408, is a five-bay shingled hall at a shrine known for its Toban festival each October.
The Kinzanji Monjo, preserved at the ancient temple of Kinzanji in the mountains north of Okayama City, is a collection of 52 documents in 7 scrolls designated a National Important Cultural Property in 1969. Spanning more than 430 years from the late Heian to the early Edo period, the archive includes provincial governor confirmations, shogunate and Rokuhara Tandai orders, and land donation deeds. The attached Kinzan Kannon-in Engi records the lives of founder Hoon Daishi and Eisai, founder of Japanese Rinzai Zen, offering a vivid window onto how a regional temple navigated medieval Japan's shifting powers.